In the News & Around the Blogosphere

James Glanz, NYTimes, New Fraud Cases Point to Lapses in Iraq Projects

Tony Pugh, McClatchy Newspapers, Recession is Fueling a Boom in Insurance Fraud (w/ a hat tip to Ted Gest)

DOJ Press Release, Former Acting Executive Director of Nonprofit Organization in American Samoa Pleads Guilty to Theft of Federal Grant Funds

AP, NYTimes, Former Edwards Aide Avoids Jail

Yuki Noguchi, NPR, Report Finds Lehman Used Accounting Tricks (w/ a hat tip to Ivan Dominguez); Michael J. de la Merced, NYTimes, Findings on Lehman Take Even Experts by Surprise

DOJ Press Release, Cincinnati Packed-Ice Manufacturer Sentenced to Pay $9 Million for its Role in a Customer and Territory Allocation Conspiracy

DOJ Press Release, Oregon Man Charged with Operating Illegal Money Transmitting Business That Moved More Than $172 Million Through Shell Corporations in the United States

DOJ Press Release, President of Bronx Not-for-Profit Organization Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Embezzlement

DOJ Press Release, Former Chief Trader and CFO of Manhattan Hedge Fund Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Stealing $3 Million From Fund

DOJ Press Release, Former KPMG Partner Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 57 Months in Prison in Scheme to Defraud IRS, Saipan Taxing Authorities, and Saipan Company

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